Pleasure-railway structure



July 27 1926; 1,593,587

J. A; MILLER PLEASURE RAILWAY STRUCTURE.

Filed July 22, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet] July 27, 1926. 1,593,587

MILLER PLEASURE RAILWAY STRUQTURE Filed July 22, 1925 3 snets-sheet 2 July 27,1926.

' 1,593,587 J. A. MILLER PLEASURE RAILWAY STRUCTURE Filed July 22, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented July 27, 1926.

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PLEASURE-RAILWAY STRUCTURE.

' Application filed July 22, 1925. Serial in. 45,149,

ii l v l I My invention relates to pleasure railway The car shown has four tractor wheels, the structures in which trains of cars travel two wheels 1e and 15 being at the left end rapidly over tracks having vertical and hor- (Figure 1), and the wheels 14: and 15" beizontal curves, the propelling force being ing at the right end. For each wheel is that of gravity. I provided a suitable journal box 16 secured 6.0 The V usual arrangement heretofore has to the car, truck orbody on Figures 1 beento. providealoading platform and an and 5, 1? and 17f represent, respectively, unloadingplatform on the same side of the the inner and outer rails of the tracks'at tracks and usually separated by a fence or one of the curves of a track structure, the W railing, the cars stopping at the unloading preferred track structures being one in 5 platform to be unloaded] and are then which the radii of curvatures of tl1e ,s everal shovedv forw'vardly, to the loading platform curves are alike or closely so. For the for reloading. This arrangement wasted purposes of my invention, a track strucconsiderable time. One of the important ture, such as disclosed in my Patent No. objects of my invention is to provide a 1,536,448, of May 5th. 1925, would be prac- 70 loading platform and unloading platform tical. v p p on opposite sides of the tracks for the pas- It will be noted (Figures 1 and5), that sage of a car or train between them, and the inside traclrwheels lfl and M are closer to so arrange the seating and passageway together than the outer track wheels and 29? in the cars ,that the passengers, who have it, and that the lines passingrespectivel'y completed the ride, m'aystep from the cars through the centers of the wheels" 14 and onto the unloading platform while at the 15, and 14: and are coincident with same time passengers enter from the loadradii of curvatures of the curves' around i-n-g platform to reloadthe cars, such a'r-v Which h Cal" travels. T 3 W 10Wever, rangements re" u-iring only a single stop and are not, inclined at right angles to th e. eliminating a1 confusion as the passengers radii of curvatures and consequently not leaving and entering all travel in the same tangential to the Falls at the curves, but direction; v t they are so arranged at right angles with Another important object of the inventhe radial lines passingthrough the centers tion is to arrange the seating in the cars, of the, cars so that the wheels ould be and the track, so that the passengers will tangential to the rails of the straight track always face toward the inside of the tracks sections. The wheels could be set at right or toward the center of the curves. angles to the radial lines passing through An th fi o t t bj t i t so r e the centers, as disclosed in my patent, above. the tractor wheels of the cars that the cars referred b u d c ai c nditi o may travel rapidly around curves as well operation, the'setting of the wheels in the. as along straight tracks, and to permit exradial lines and tangential to thest iaig lt treme banking at the curves with all the tracks is preferable, as the track friction wheels efficiently engaging the rails. may be more distributed between the curves The above; and other features of the inand the straight sections of tracks. ,Setting rention' are incorporated in the structures of the inside wheels closer together will disclosedonthe accompanying drawings, in permit more efficient banking at the curves which-: and" the cars will properly engage therails Figure 1 isa' plan View of a complete car along such bank sections with the proper and part of the adjacent car of a' train; degree of safety.

Figure 2is an end elevational view; Any suitab ie track and rail construction Figure 3' is a rear elevational view of a ay be used; T e a ra gem nt shownis can; I p p p that disclosed in my Patent N-o. 1,536,122

Figure 4 is a' front? elevational view-,and of May 5, 1925;;involving the T ,rails1$ se- 50 Figure- 5- is a: diagrammatic view showcured; on stringer structures 19' which are ing the arrangement of the car tractor mounted on: the ties 20 Withea"ch tractor wheels? 4 l o H I he l tth ar s o ia ed a h on al The trucki orbodyiof -the car shown coinsafety roller 21 journaled in ia casting-22 prises the front and rear beams: 10 and 11, secured to theuhderside of thecarl-body the 55 the cross heams 12 and the" floorboardsliti horizontal safety rollerengaging with the inner sides and undersides, respectively, of the web and tops of the T rails, all as disclosed in my patent just referred to.

Describing now the passenger accommodation arrangement, 1 provide the seat structure S, extending along the rear side of the car body parallel with the track. The seat structure comprises the cushions or up bolstered seats 23 and the surrounding end walls 24 and 2t and the rear wall 25, these walls being lined by upholstering 26. EX- iending forward of the seats and in front thereof is the guard and supporting railing secured at its base along the front side of the car body. The seat is preferably of a width to accommodate two adults.

Along the end of the car body, outside of the seat and guard rail structures, are the running boards or floor sections 27 and forming the entrance pasageways X and X from the rear side of the car to the seat 23, and the exit passageways Y and Y from the seat to the front side of the car. To facilitate the passage of passengers, the seat structure has the diagonal or bevel corners and 29, and the inner rail bar 30 is rounded at its ends. \Vith this arrangementpassengers can enter from the rear side of the the car and proceed to the seat while the former passengers leave by way of the exit passageways to the front side of the car. lVhere there are two passengers, one proceeds along the left passageway and the other along the right end passageway. Confusion is thus avoided and the cars can be rapidly unloaded and reloaded.

In cooperation with the car arrangement described, I place the loading platform 31 for the entrance sides of the cars and the unloading platform 32 for the exit sides of the cars, the platforms being on opposite sides of the track where the track extends through the railway structure depot or station. The platforms are on the same level as the entrance and exit passageways of the cars. Loading and unloading are thusquickly and safely accomplished during a single stop of the train, this effecting considerable saving in time during a day and correspondingly increasing the capacity of the railway.

To make the passengers more comfortable and also to insure greater safety, the foot, space is provided in front of the seat. 'hen the car is traveling rapidly around and over the various curves the passengers can then brace themselves against the walls surrounding the foot space and can also support themselves by means of the guard rail structure R. The seat structure S is also cut away in various places to leave grip sections 84, these grip sections assisting the passengers when traveling along the entrance passageway.

As a train travels around the lateral curves, the passengers will be facing toward the curve centers and each passenger will. therefore, be able to see all the other pas sengers on the train. hen the car travels rapidly around the lateral curves, centrifugal force will assist in holding the pas scngers in the seats, the seat surrounding walls being of suliicient height to prevent throwing out of the passengers.

As illustrated in Figure l, the cars of a train are kept close together as possible to prevent passengers from stepping between, and to permit flexibility of the train during travel around the track and to permit bumping of adjacent cars the front sections of the cars are tapered at the ends.

lVith my improved construction compact trains may run rapidly and smoothly over the curves of the track with full safety for the passengers, and the arrangement in the cars in cooperation with the separate and opposite loading and unloading platforms necessitating only a single stop, cuts down the time lost to a minimum and increases correspondingly the capacity of the structure.

I claim as follows 1. In a pleasure railway structure, the combination of a track, a loading platform at one side of said track, an unloading platform at the opposite side of said track, a car for traveling on said track, a seat on said car facing the unloading side of said track, an exit passageway on said car to said unloading platform, and entrance passageway to said seat from said loading platform.

2. In a pleasure railway structure, the combination of a loading platform and an unloading platform situated opposite each other, a track running between said platforms, a car for traveling on said track, a seat on said car extending along the loading side thereof and facing the unloading side, an entrance passageway on said cars to said seats from the loading platform, and an exit passageway on said car from the seat to the unloading platform.

3. In a pleasure railway structure, the combination of a loading, platform and an unloading platform placed opposite each other, a track running between said platforms, a car for traveling said track, a seat on said car parallel with and at the loading side of the car. entrance passageway at the end of said seat communicating with said loading platform, and an exit passageway from said seat communicating with said unloading platform.

4. In a pleasure railway structure, the combination of a loading platform and an unloading platform placed opposite each other, a track running between said platforms, a car for traveling over said track between said platforms, a seat on said car extending along the loading side thereof, a guard structure in, front of said seat along the unloading side of the car, an entrance passageway around said seat communicat ing with the loading platform, and an exit passageway around said guard structure communicating with said unloading platform.

5. In a pleasure railway structure, the combination of a loading platform and an unloading platform placed opposite each other, a track running between said platforms, a car for traveling over said track, cross passageways at the ends of said car extending between the platforms when the car is in position between the platforms, and seating structure on said car between said passageways, said passageways permitting slmultaneous entrance to and exit from said seating structure by passengers.

6. In a pleasure railway structure, the combination of an unloading platform and a loading platform placed opposite each other, a track running between said platforms, a car for traveling said track, a seat on said car, a guard structure for said seat, an entrance passageway on said car extending around said seat and communicating with the loading platform, and an exit passageway on said car extending around said guard structure and communicating with the unloading platform.

7. In a pleasure railway structure, the combination of straight and curved track sections, a car for traveling over said track sections, a set of tractor wheels at each end of said car, the wheel centers of each set being in the radial line of curvature when the car is traveling around the curved track sections, but said wheels being tangential to the rails when the car is traveling over the straight track sections.

8. In a pleasure railway structure, the combination of a track comprising lateral curves, a car for traveling over said track, wheels on said car for engaging with the inner rails of the curves, wheels on said car for engaging with the outer rails of the curves, the wheels for engaging the outer curves being in a common plane, the wheels for engaging with the inner track being in a common plane and being closer together than the wheels which engage with the outer track.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 17 day of July, 1925.

JOHN A. MILLER. 

